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Potentially habitable ‘super-Earth’ spotted 137 light-years away
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAstronomers used NASA’s planet-hunting TESS satellite to find a “super-Earth” as well as a possible...
Stargazing in November: The solar system’s behemoth
The Independent via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThis month Jupiter is magnificent all night long, as the planet is at its closest this year. You can’t miss it, high in the south, outshining all the...
Jupiter may have been flat at one point, not spherical
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoLarge planets like Jupiter that form far away from their host stars may start forming as flattened...
Scientists find 85 planets that could be home to alien life
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAstronomers have found 85 possible planets that could be home to alien life. The distant worlds –...
Saturn’s moon Titan has disappearing ‘magic islands’ that may be clumps of organic material
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAstronomers believe the mysterious “magic islands” on Saturn’s moon Titan are honeycomb-like frozen...
What is the star next to the Moon? When to see Venus in our night skies
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe night sky is full of wonder and stargazing opportunities around this time of year. This weekend,...
Unwrapping Uranus and its icy secrets: What NASA would learn from a mission to a wild world
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 6 months agoUranus is the coldest planet in the solar system. NASA/JPL Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun,...
Rare rock structures could provide a glimpse into possible life on ancient Mars
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox,...
Something ‘we don’t understand’ is happening on Uranus’s moons, scientists say
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFour of Uranus’s largest moons may contain an ocean layer beneath their icy crusts, according to a...
‘Organic molecules’ spotted coming out of nearby world that astronomers think could be home to life
The Independent via Yahoo News· 7 months agoEven more organic molecules have been found coming out of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, scientists have...